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FDA - The UAC Ocean Base (Definitive Edition)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=786g3Ywk85o

The UAC Ocean Base by leodoom85 sells the feel of being in an underwater base very effectively. You can see through the glass windows into other cramped, dimly lit corridors and have water flowing in through cracks in the walls.

Despite the map being so big you never feel lost which is helped by by the central hub area and smart enemy placement. You have to backtrack a fair bit but you know that's what you should be doing because new enemies have spawned in.

There are at least 3 memorable set pieces and one exceptional one (the rising red keycard) which really stand out amongst the submarine-like corridors. Detailing is great throughout with good, measured use of ZDoom effects.

Monster placement was well thoughout and gave you no cheap fights however I did find the map a bit too easy. I especially felt that the tiered circular room had wasted potential as it was a great little arena but with not enough battling going on in there. The final arena area felt the best balanced to me and I would have liked to seen more of that difficulty level throughout the rest of the map. Simple changes like spawning two archviles instead of one could make a big difference.


I recommend grabbing this map and giving it a jam, leodoom85 did a great job with this one.


Download/Thread: https://forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=55822

FDA of Painful Cave by leodoom85: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsviYy01N2w

DW Thread to submit FDAs to: https://www.doomworld.com/forum/topic/99183-looking-to-play-and-record-your-maps

Email submissions can be done via the email address found here: https://inmost-dens.tumblr.com/post/171213557334/fdas-and-reviews